Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-14
OUR HERITAGE.
Part of Opulent Los An
geles Valley
TO SAN JUAN cAplsrRAN0'
The Lower End of the County
with Homes for Hundreds
Yet to Be.

CT W AfNs
There are three roads from Los An
qcles city to Anaheim and the country
beyond. BY any one OF these the aus
tance is about thirty miles to the
Smother Colony" as Anaheim is called.
Between the two points used as term'ni
in this route Downey City and Iron Sui
phur Springs, or Norwalk. are encoun-
tered From the time one reaches
the city limits east OF Boyle
Heights until he arrives at his
destination, there lie all around
him long stretches of country, the very
garden spots of the world. By these
roads there are areas ten miles square
with hardly more than two or three
houses on each. Spans OF ten miles In
length are traversed where one will not
meet a vehicle of any sort or kind.
Getting to Anaheim, at distance OF
th;rrv miles from the metropolis OF
Southern California, the centre OF that
part OF the valley is rea;hed. In all
directions are reaches of country as
wide ia area, as level in contour and as
rich 10 all resources as is the stretch be.
tween Los Angeles and this central
point. Many people who drive from
here to Downey City may think
there is but little to boast OF in this
fact. They are accustomed to the wide
-expanse of the Laguna ranch, run tor
sheen. and pasture for cattle time out
of mind. The treading of hundreds
of thousands, yes millions OF feet for a
hundred years has packed the soil like
aiamant, and it has taken the Laguna
Farming Company half dozen years to
get it into anything like condition. 1t will
require as many more years to put TINS
tract into perfect shape for agricultural
uses. But to the eye of any one who
knows what soil is the conclusion is ir-
resistiple that here is one OF the most
superb areas for grain farming in Amer
ica. This season, when the rainfall
came so much later than usual, and when
the total amount of precipitation was SO
far below the average, resulting In late
seeding and in volunteering the larger
portion of the ranch, yet the crop OF
cereals is really good. Broken into
small farms and thoroughly cultivated,
with summer following and proper ro'
tation Of crops, this will prove to be
land fertile beyond the fondest creams
of those who do not look beneath the
surface of the present methods OF crop
ping it.
THE RIVER BOTTOM.
But getting along to Downey City the
river bottom is crossed, and here is a
stretch ten miles wide by perhaps fifty
loug which in fertility has no equal any'
where. Southwark it stretches away
toward Long Beach and Los Alamitos.
Northward it lies through the Ranchito,
Los Nietos and on up by Ell Monte.
To-day the fields are foot high in al
falfa meadows that will crop three tons
of hay to the acre, and which may be
moved six times a year. Here are met
great corn patches OF wonderful luxuri'
ance. The vineyards and orchards oi
apples and pears are quite as noteworthy
From these lands farmers reap two
three and up to six crops a year. Bar
ley hay may be cut now, and crop o.
corn or potatoes put in its place. The
alfalfa. as stated above, yields six crops
year.
LOS COYOTES AND LA HABRA.
Nearly all the lands in these two
ranches ar still devoted to pasturage
Many people who see them now thinb
they will never prove fit for any Other
use As the San Pascual has been re-
claimed from sheep run to the beautiful
city of Pasadena, 50 will these stretches
of country be converted into flower
embowered homes, surrounded by
farms of cereals and orchards of fruit
The mesa lands Of La Habra
afford splendid view of the valley as
far az the ocean. They are fianked
on the north by the magnificent scenery
of the mountains. On these mesa
lands Norwalk and Iron Sulphur Springs
have been evolved and many similar
settlements will dot the plains at no dis
tant day.
THE CENTER OF THE VALLEY.
Anaheim is as near as possible in the
center of this fine expanse of territory.
From this point, as the spokes of a
wheel, radiate routes toward the sea at
Long Beach, twenty miles away, to An
aheim Landing, fifteen miles from the
town, and to Newport, farther south
along the shore. In that sweep Of coun.
try lie places like Artesia, Garden Grove
and Westminster, with their broad alfal-
fa, corn, grain and fruit lands, nour-
ished by overhowing wells on soils of
surprising richness.
Passing in another direction and cross
ing the Santa Ana river, the country
from st. James to Newport Landing is
traversed. Here is veritable Paradise in
fertility, climate, beauty of scenery and
magnificence of development. From the
mill at Burruel Point, the new town of
Modena, newer Mcpherson, through
lovely Tustin, rich and prosperous
Orange, Santa Ana with her city.like
developments and prolific orchards and
vineyards, the eye of man never feasted
on a spot more attractive in all respects.
The adjectives applied to any
one Of these places fit
all of them, and what is said
of any one may be imagined as
extending with equal truth TO all.
Here is an ideal region where five to t. n
acres of fruit land will support family
in affiuence.
THE FAR SOUTH.
Nor Is the great subject vet exhaus, ed.